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Migrant flood

The number of refugees and illegal migrants in Europe has reached record levels since the end of World War II. EU authorities insist on an even distribution of migrants with the adoption of mandatory…

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Hospitality for Business

Switzerland is famous not only for banks and chocolate, but also for favorable framework conditions for doing business, attractive to both domestic and foreign business people. More precisely – still…

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India overtakes China

The UN has published another forecast of the world population. Despite the ongoing slowdown in the growth rate of the Earth's population, it is inevitable that it will increase to nearly 10 billion…

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Germans Do Not Want to Give Birth

The Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI) together with the auditing company BDO has published disappointing data on birth rates in Germany. To its title of the country with the lowest…

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Drowning of a Shrew

The pearl of the Adriatic is literally being smothered by tourists, corrupt officials, and astronomical real estate prices. According to Expert Online, Venice has lost more than half of its…

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Will there be more refugees than tourists?

In 2015, the German government expects a sharp increase in the number of asylum seekers. According to BAMF forecasts, their number could reach 300,000 people, 50% more than in 2014, when 202,834…

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Army field ration

Italian designer Giulio Lacchetti not only found out what exactly lies in the backpacks of soldiers from the US, Europe, Asia, and Russia, but also, with the help of photographer Fabrizio Parisi…

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Enlist Me in the Army

The vast majority of French people support a return to conscription: it is seen by French society as a protective measure against the threat of radical Islamism and as a defense of 'republican…

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Germans fear Islam

Islam is part of Germany – so said the former federal president, so says the federal chancellor. Do the population of Germany agree with the high-ranking politicians? A large-scale sociological…

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Run, Cannot Stay

In mid-December, representatives of the Federation of Migrants stated that due to the collapsed ruble, a significant portion of guest workers will leave Russia. At the same time, according to the…

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Crisis Cuts 'Zarobitchanstvo'

Instead of minimizing the effect of sanctions imposed by the Russian authorities, in essence, against the Russians themselves, the Kremlin begins to scare Ukrainians with 'new sanctions'. This time…

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Europe is tired of the influx

It is time for the European Union to change its migration policy, said British Prime Minister David Cameron. In his opinion, the free movement of EU citizens from one country to another in search of…

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